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Topic started by rameshb (@ spider-th042.proxy.aol.com) on Fri Dec 31 00:32:03 EST 1999.
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.

TFM has seen many artists in singing, composing , playing instrument(s), conducting etc. When we look at their overall contributions and achievements in TFM , i would like you to list and rank the top five (only 5) artists whom you think were the best between the years 1900 - 1999.

Here is a list the top 5 TFM artists , IMO .

1. S P Balasubramanium
This highly prolific singer has exceeded all the expectations and continues to hold strong in TFM .

2. Ilaya Raja

He is the only complete musician TFM has seen who could bring about a seamless coalescence of western and indian.

3. M S Viswanathan

His melodies are so valuble to be preserved for future civilisation as they could symbolize our quality of life in future.

4. P Susheela

This melody queen who has won millions of hearts is an institution in TFM having contributed many chapters.

5. A R Rahman

He has set the stage for the next millenium and is certain to lead his counterparts in the years to come.

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From: karthi (@ spider-wn074.proxy.aol.com) on: Fri Jan 14 18:47:37 EST 2000

My list:)

MSV/TKR
P SUSEELA
KANNADASAN
SPB
IR
From: karthi (@ spider-wn074.proxy.aol.com) on: Fri Jan 14 18:56:19 EST 2000

Rajendra Chola!

Is PS a runner up, in any list? I am happy that you said she will be in any top 5 list, but when I put my list I had a feeling they all must be at the same level one exceeding the other only in their talents:

Here's what I have to say:

P SUSUEELA WILL BE AN OBVIOUS WINNER IN HER FIELD: WAY AHEAD OF HER CONTEMPORARIES AND PREDECESSORS AND SUCCESSORS.

Her voice is the ONLY voice that is INIMITABLE WITH THE UTMOST CLARITY AND MELODY, THE SWEETEST VOICE EVER TO EXIST, A VOICE THAT HAS MULTIPLE FACETS AND QUALITIES.
From: Rameshb(rb) (@ 38.169.12.131) on: Fri Jan 14 19:43:45 EST 2000

karthi

i agree with you totally on this!:-)
From: Asingam (@ dhcp-css-consult-12.lg.informix.com) on: Fri Jan 14 19:54:20 EST 2000

Karthi, I have never heard P SUSUEELA sing . Is that a new singer ?
From: karthi (@ abe104f2.ipt.aol.com) on: Sat Jan 15 23:28:11 EST 2000

rombavE!
From: Singaram (@ 33.chicago-18-19rs.il.dial-access.att.net) on: Sun Jan 16 01:08:50 EST 2000

Topic is about the whole Century. So far there are five eras in TFM.

They are:

1. MKT
2. G.Ramanathan
3. MSV/TKR
4. Ilaiyaraja
5. A.R.Rehman

All other personalities like singers and Lyricists will be the subset of one of the above.
From: Shankar (@ netcache31.mot.com) on: Sun Jan 16 01:55:00 EST 2000

karthi, andha IMHO/IMO vai vittutteengaLE :-))
From: karthi (@ spider-tf042.proxy.aol.com) on: Tue Jan 18 23:05:13 EST 2000

Hai Shankar, how are you? Long time! BTW, you don't need IMHO/IMO for facts:)
From: Rajagopal (@ 203.197.137.101) on: Wed Jan 19 23:12:32 EST 2000

Agree with Karthi ON Smt.P Susheela, an artise beyond comparison.
From: eden (@ 202.54.71.145) on: Thu Jan 20 00:07:36 EST 2000

Hi karthi! Did you ever imagine how `niRam piriththu parthen' would have been with PS (of 60's) singing? Wow!
From: sk (@ 137.132.2.109) on: Thu Jan 20 01:05:22 EST 2000

eden:

Is niRam piriththu pArththEn a famous song?
I have never listened to it. Which movie is it in?
From: Ravi (@ proxy.cowan.edu.au) on: Thu Jan 20 03:16:43 EST 2000

My list is
1. IR
2. SPB
3. PS
4. KJ
5. MSV
From: SM (@ help.sgum.mci.com) on: Thu Jan 20 13:27:03 EST 2000

SK,

Movie is "Time"
From: sk (@ boo.ucar.edu) on: Thu Jan 20 20:02:04 EST 2000

SM:

Thanks.
From: eden (@ 202.54.71.143) on: Fri Jan 21 00:10:45 EST 2000

sk!
`niRam pirithu pArthEn', from Time is sung by Sujatha very nicely. I'm not very sure about the popularity of this song in TN although the other songs of this film are often flashed on sat channels (for e.g. `kAdhal nee dhAnA' is one making waves, another song by Sujatha with UK)!

On the other hand, this song had generally been well acclaimed in all the reviews (including the ones in DF, by Srikanth, MS and others)! Personally too, I rate this a great song, for the classic orchestration and the stunning melody content as well as good singing by Sujatha! I recommend you listen to this song & try singing yourself,if you're at least a bathroom singer (like me:-)! Man, it's a real difficult tune to sing!

others!
Sorry for the digression, let us get on with the top 5... Sujatha may not figure in this list of the century, but in my reckoning, she might figure in the top five of next decade.. She's the most promising female singer now, IMHO!
From: dds (@ gatekeeper.cs.iastate.edu) on: Fri Jan 21 01:48:57 EST 2000

top five..

1. IR 1975-80
2. IR 80-85
3. IR 85-90
4. IR 90-95
5. IR 95-00
...:)..
From: Shankar (@ netcache31.mot.com) on: Fri Jan 21 03:54:00 EST 2000

karthi,

I'm fine thank u....pidi kudukkAdha ALuppA neenga :) ippo adhu "fact" AyiduththA ?? :-))

My dad also shares the same opinion as urs but then I always take that "IMHO" for granted :-))
From: sk (@ 137.132.2.109) on: Fri Jan 21 05:55:07 EST 2000

eden:

Can you tell me if niRam pirithu pArthEn is
available on the web in real audio?
I get SUN TV at home. They keep relaying
thavikkiREn (a very good song)
and nenaichapadi (an ok jolly song). They
also showed the movie last week. But since it was
not interesting I only saw it in bits and pieces.
I must have missed niRam piriththu pArththEn.
From: vijanth (@ conpc007.ee.qub.ac.uk) on: Fri Jan 21 07:16:42 EST 2000

Why all for get the Karedii man T. Rajendren
He is the first tamil entertainer who is all rounder.
T. Rajandren super super thalaivarr..
From: eden (@ 202.54.71.150) on: Fri Jan 21 07:52:16 EST 2000

sk!
I located `niRam pirithu' in G Suresh's site (listed in New page for rate hits of IR thread) as the s# 21 under the title `latest hits':-)

Couldn't verify whether it plays, though, due to the reason that I haven't loaded G2 player on my PC:-(

Please give a try!
From: sk (@ 137.132.2.109) on: Fri Jan 21 17:36:12 EST 2000

eden:

Thanks.
From: sk (@ harvest.ucar.edu) on: Fri Jan 21 19:53:35 EST 2000

eden:

I heard niRam piriththu pArththEn. Yes it's
good. But I wouldn't put it in the class of a similar
slow song like mAlail yArO of Chathriyan. In
niRam piriththu one gets a feeling of
becoming disconnected from the main tune, is it
not? (May be the movie situation demands it.)
Yes Sujatha has sung the song very well.
From: sk (@ harvest.ucar.edu) on: Fri Jan 21 19:56:21 EST 2000

eden:

I wrote wrongly..

In the second interlude of
'niRam piriththu' one gets a feeling of
becoming disconnected from the main tune..
From: rajesh kumar.v (@ gate.silverline.com) on: Wed May 31 07:54:15 EDT 2000

the top 5 will b
1.P.S
2.T.M.S
3.I.R
4.Kannadasan
5.Vaali
From: YARO (@ hybrid-024-221-070-185.detroit.speedchoice.com) on: Wed May 31 10:49:33 EDT 2000

my list
1)IR
2)SPB
3)KJY
4)MSV
5)SUSEELA
From: pangaali (@ 157.182.40.146) on: Wed May 31 13:14:51 EDT 2000

1.Deva
2.Kollangudi Karrupayi
3.Vidyasagar
4.S.A.Rajakumar
5.A.R.rehman
From: Nakkal Pandian aka MS (@ dhcp-css-consult-11.lg.informix.com) on: Wed May 31 15:50:24 EDT 2000

1.Sabesh (for rendering songs like 'mamai sirichcha malgova , paaya virichcha paalgova). Athukku Sabeshukku oru Sabash
2.Murali (the partner in crime)
3.Ila Arun
4.Sukhvinder Singh
5.Bhavatharini
From: MS (@ 129.252.22.9) on: Wed May 31 16:24:46 EDT 2000

Ho..SL.this is atrocious. You must be using your own name to claim credits. Please do not be generous to me :-)
From: Thamasu (@ csgrad12.cs.wvu.edu) on: Thu Jun 1 12:53:34 EDT 2000

suparunga!!!Ithu suparunga!!!
1.Bach
2.Dvojark
3.Mozart
4.Erik satie
5.IR
From: pangaali (@ csgrad12.cs.wvu.edu) on: Thu Jun 1 13:05:54 EDT 2000

my list.
1.Sound effectutan katthum theruvora donkey
2.Kuchi mitaai illamal azhum kulanthai
3.Eppavume late-aka varum train
4. sexyaga padum 80 vayasu paati
5.Appuramthan ,namma thalaivar ARR
From: Balaji (@ 1cust10.tnt13.nyc3.da.uu.net) on: Mon Jun 5 21:34:37 EDT 2000

I always hesitated to express my choices here as I was always inconsistent in my choices(atleast in one or two of them). However after some prolong thoughts (ofcourse velayetha time), I have come with my choices.

No 1: ILLAYRAJA
Never an iota of doubt about this choice. I have nothing new to add what others haven't said so far. He is TFM's Uyir Naadi!! Vazhga Thalaivar!!

No 2: KANNADASAN
TFM's Tamizh Kadavul. When film lyrics were not considered as a product of high artistic quality, KD (and few others) has(ve) been instrumental to prove such critics wrong. Though MGR & SiVAJI (I would vote for the latter) helped him a lot, his contributions to their success cannot be overlooked. Sad that the current lyrics in TFMs are successful in undoing what KD did for TFM.
Here I would like to thank SK and Shrikanth(thru his iv-gold), who keeps his glory alive through their sites.

No 3: P. SUSHEELA/S. JANAKI
This was my most difficult choice. The two singing skylarks have contributed so much to TFM, it is difficult for me to say one is better than the other(Although I give P. Susheela an edge by Nano points). PS ruled TFM till the early 70s when SJ took the reign (though SJ has given wonderful 'Singara velane', 'Indha mandrathil',
'Poojaikku vandha..' when PS was the QUEEN) and ruled it till yesterday. The variety these two have given, is hard for anyone to imitate. Long live the queens!!!

No4: ---None-- (as two No 3s)

No5: MSV/TKR
Unlike No 3, I have no hesitancy in clubbing these two. Sure MSV's era extends till early 80s. But these two together incorporated 'Mellisai' in Film Music and helped common people to enjoy and appreciate music. Great singers like SPB still
consider MSV as the best MD ever lived. TFM listeners would always thank these two, and especially MSV (whose contribution is much more than TKR) for giving such wonderful
compositions.

Though we are limited to 5 artists, I would like to list my rest and they fall in this order.
6. SPB
7. ARR
8. Vaali
9. TMS
10. KJY
11. Vani Jayaram
12. KVM

Balaji
From: XCEV (@ 165.252.27.166) on: Wed Jun 7 14:46:16 EDT 2000

I think all you guys are wasting time in life. Do something useful than finding who is number 1.

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